Clark survives on Brian Vayda trey

Men’s basketballClark 55, Bowdoin 54: Brian Vayda hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2 seconds left to lift the Cougars over the Polar Bears in the opening round of the Eastern Connecticut State Tip-Off Classic in Willimantic, Conn.

Vayda, playing in his first game after missing 20 games last season with an injury, finished with a game-high 24 points and 7 rebounds. Clark faces Eastern Connecticut in the championship game today.

Fitchburg State 80, Eastern Nazarene 74: Mike Ingram-Rubin had 22 points, shooting 8 of 10 from the field, to lead the Falcons past the Lions at the New England College Tip-Off in Henniker, N.H.

The Falcons trailed, 46-37, at halftime, but opened the second half with a 9-2 run led by Tom Henneberry (17 points), whose basket tied it, 51-51.

Worcester State 103, Trinity 93: Junior Dane Jobst of Athol had a game-high 29 points and 9 rebounds, and Robert Hunter added 24 points and 6 steals to power the Lancers past the Bantams in overtime in the Hampton Inn Classic at UMass-Dartmouth.

Worcester outscored Trinity, 19-9, in the extra session, led by 3-pointers by Kyle Ferreira (16 points).

Springfield 86, Becker 84: Alex Berthiaume hit two free throws with 20 seconds left in overtime as the Pride hung on to beat the Hawks in the Bridgewater State Tip-Off Classic.

Berthiaume led all scorers with 30 points, and Yahmad Rountree paced the Hawks with 19 points.

Women’s basketballAssumption 64, Caldwell 60: Katy Howard’s jumper with 3:01 left in overtime broke a 57-57 tie as the Greyhounds (2-0) held off the Cougars (1-3) in the opening round of the Stonehill Tip-Off Classic in Easton.

Gabrielle Gibson’s layup with 1:11 left extended the Assumption lead to 61-58.

Jamie Insel grabbed a team-high 7 rebounds for Assumption, which led, 36-30, at the half.

The Greyhounds shot just 38.1 percent from the field (24 of 63), though they connected on 50 percent of their 3-point attempts (10 of 20), knocking down eight shots from behind the arc in the first half.

Clark 58, Worcester State 53: Megan Grondin led four players in double figures with a team-high 19 points and the Cougars (1-0) shot 85.7 percent from the free-throw line (18 of 21) to hold off the Lancers (0-1) in the opening round of the 32nd annual Worcester City Tournament at WPI.

Clark will play the two-time defending champion Engineers in the title game at 4 p.m. today, while Worcester State will play Becker in the consolation game at 2.

WPI 86, Becker 25: Sophomore Dani Davis and junior Kelly Morgan scored 13 points each as the host Engineers opened with a convincing victory over the Hawks (0-1) in the opening round of the Worcester City Tournament.

Freshman Haili Welton scored 12 points and Theresa Logan added 8 points, 2 blocks and a game-high 10 rebounds for WPI, which had nine players record an assist and 13 players score. No Engineer played more than 19 minutes.

WPI shot 47.9 percent from the field (34 of 71) and 83.3 percent from the line (15 of 18).

WPI, the two-time defending champion, will host Clark in the title game at 4 p.m. today. Becker will play Worcester State in the consolation game at 2.

Fitchburg State 89, Johnson State 57: Junior Amy Fahey led five double-digit scorers with a game-high 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting as the Falcons (1-0) cruised in opening-round action of the Curry Tip-Off Tournament in Milton.

Taylah Pelote had 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting and a game-high 11 rebounds for Fitchburg State.

Kelsey Johnston added 12 points.

Fitchburg State will play Curry in the championship game at 3 p.m. today.

New England College 74, Anna Maria 49: Katie Pryor scored 13 points and Chelsea Blair recorded 10 points and 10 rebounds in just 18 minutes, but the visiting AmCats (0-1) fell to the Pilgrims (1-0) in the opening round of the Gordon Tip-Off Tournament in Wenham.

Women’s hockeyManhattanville 2, Holy Cross 1: Alex Campione scored her first goal of the season at 3:05 of the second period to pull the host Crusaders (3-2-1, 2-2-1) within a goal, 2-1, but the Valiants (2-2-1, 2-0-1) held on to earn the ECAC East victory at the Hart Center.

Salve Regina 2, Nichols 1: Lisa Coskren scored with 2:22 left in the opening period to give the visiting Bison (2-3, 0-3 ECAC East) a lead, but the Seahawks (5-2, 3-2) tied it in the final minute of the second period, then won it with 1:10 left in the third despite 41 saves by Nichols goalie Nia Kelly at St. George’s in Middletown, R.I.